I find that Google Scholar is the best resource for these types of new topics. You can fish around with terms like "parks behavior", "pleasure grounds", "therapeutic park" , "hospital parks". Are you familiar with Building Green Suite (this is by subscription though)? It is an information source for sustainability and ecological design, so it could be a good resource. I found topics there such as "hospital gardens" "green healthcare facilities" and "healing gardens".
Hope that helps.
yours,
lucie
On Aug 3, 2006, at 3:26 PM, Wolfe, Paula wrote:
I have a patron from the county here in Tucson who is looking for information on the design of parks for communication, positive behavior of people in parks. I have been searching now some time trying to find the proper search terms. Landscape architecture is a new filed for me. I know there are articles about designing hospital parks or nature areas for patients. She wants to design a park between two large building in the downtown area that foster communication and comfort.
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